Welcome to ITS Powertivity eNews | January 2024 | Issue 13

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MS Teams & Outlook Tips!

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Access the Activity Feed to Find What You Need in MS Teams

>> This great tip provided by Hong Yue, Analytics Analyst II, Business Applications in ITS <<


The problem: A colleague assigned a task to you in a group conversation within MS Teams, but you can't remember when it was. What do you do?



The solution: Use the 'Activity' feed in Teams to locate the discussion, task list, or any meeting invite related to the topic.


Whenever someone reacts to a messagecreates a task list in your groupassigns a task to youinvites you to a meeting/event, or @ mentions you in Microsoft Teams, you will receive a notification. You can review your notifications in your Activity feed.


1) Select the Activity tab from the left toolbar to display your Activity feed.


2) Select any item in the activity feed to jump to that message in chat or the task list.

Screenshot of the MS Teams Activity feed.


Click to learn more Activity feed shortcuts and how to filter the list.

"Phew!" ~ Just in Time Tips!

>> This great tip provided by Mike BoydIT Client Services Supervisor in ITS <<

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Download the Outlook app for mobile!

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Did you know? The official Microsoft Outlook app provides the best email/calendaring experience for iOS/Android devices. Download the Outlook app to your mobile device from your device's app store for a more consistent and smoother experience.

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